I sat outside the café on a fresh, spring morning in St. Petersburg, Florida. My iced coffee had condensation pooling at the base of its plastic cup. The air was warm, but a breeze brushed my arms and beneath the wispy hair on the nape of my neck. With me was my journal, a pen,…
Gulfport’s DRV Gallery welcomes acclaimed regional and national artists this March 21st at The Gilded Guitar by Rick Schettino with music by Front Porch Picnic. The event runs from 5:30–8:30 p.m. and highlights elite talent in visual and performance art. Rick Schettino has led a life characterized by his passion for music and the allure of the…
The Palladium’s $10M Rock & Roll Legacy Move There’s a certain swagger to stamping your name on history. The Palladium Theater in downtown St. Petersburg is betting on that swagger as it rips out its century-old seats and launches a $10 million, bare-knuckle renovation. And you—yes, you—can claim your spot in the room where the…
Excerpt from Paul Wilborn’s novel, Florida Hustle. – Set in the world of cheap 1980s slasher films.In the opening chapter, aspiring horror filmmaker Michael Donnelly, 17, visits his favorite video store – Horror Time Video. The wooden front door of Horror Time Video was hidden behind a life-size black and white cutout of Boris Karloff’s…
Since 2013, the Palladium’s audiences have had the opportunity to become intimately acquainted with some of the world’s finest chamber musicians that look forward to returning to the Hough Hall stage each year. They are welcoming back the renowned The Calidore Quartet performing works from their recently released Beethoven Quartet albums as well as Jessie…
BOOK EXCERPT FOR THE ARTISAN MAGAZINE – From: Cigar City: Tales From a 1980s Creative Ghetto Fiction Gold Medal, Florida Book Awards Looking down at the chicken boiling in the stock pot, Katrina thought it could be Brian – if she had tweezed out all his hair and let his severed head soak overnight. The…